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MURPHY’S LAW
BY TERRENCE M. MURPHY, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Alistair MacDonald, Chair of the Bar Council of England andWales and CBA President
Patricia Brown Holmes met in July to discuss access to justice issues facing the legal
systems in each of our countries, and prepared a video providing an overview.
Subscribe to the CBA’s YouTube channel for free to learn more.
T he Justice John Paul Stevens Award
luncheon will be held on Tuesday,
October 13 in the Grand Ballroom
at the Standard Club. We are greatly
honored that Justice Stevens will be the
keynote speaker at this year’s Awards
luncheon. A reception for Justice Stevens
and the 2015 honorees will begin at 11:30
a.m. second floor Living Room followed
by the luncheon at noon in the Grand
Ballroom The 2015 Justice Stevens hon-
orees are: Peter J. Birnbaum, President
and CEO of Attorneys Title Guaranty
Fund, Inc.; James R. Figliulo, Figliulo
& Silverman; Illinois Appellate Court
Justice Shelvin Louise Marie Hall; Paula
Hudson Holderman, Winston & Strawn;
Edward I. Grossman, Executive Director
of the Chicago Legal Clinic; Mary Meg
McCarthy, Director, National Immigrant
Justice Center Heartland Alliance; Daniel
E. Reidy, Jones Day;, and WilliamA. Von
Hoene, Jr., Sr. Executive Vice President
and Chief Strategy Officer, Exelon Corpo-
ration. For more information or to make
reservations contact Events Coordinator,
Tamra Drees at 312/554-2057 or tdrees@
.
The Business of Law: Starting Up,
Staying Strong
The Association’s Conference for Solo
and Small Firm Practitioners, The Business
of Law: Starting Up, Staying Strong will
be held at the CBA Building on Friday,
October 16, from 8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
and Saturday morning, October 17. The
Conference features an outstanding group
of speakers on a wide variety of topics
that include practice updates, technology,
and fundamentals for startups. Members
can choose from 18 breakout sessions
and several plenary sessions that include
30 Tips in 30 minutes, Alternative Fees,
and Reaching the Latent Legal Market. A
networking reception will follow Friday’s
programming and is included in the $295
conference registration fee. Attendees will
receive up to 9.25 hours of Illinois MCLE
Credit and will have access to additional
hours of MCLE credit by reviewing
archived webcasts.
More than 22 speakers will participate
in the Conference which promises to be
among the best solo/small firm conferences
in the Midwest. For more information or
to register, visit
Alliance For Women Association Luncheon
The CBA’s Alliance For Women is co-
sponsoring an Association Luncheon on
Monday, October 19, featuring Melanne
Verveer and Kim K. Azarelli, Co-Found-
ers of Seneca Women. The luncheon
is co-sponsored with the Women’s Bar
Association of Illinois, The Black Women
Lawyers Association and the Kellogg
Executive Women’s Network, and will be
held in the Grand Ballroom at the Standard
Club. Verveer and Azarelli will discuss their
new book, Fast Forward: HowWomen Can
Achieve Power and Purpose. A reception for
these two extraordinary women will begin
at 11:30 a.m., followed by the luncheon in
the Grand Ballroom at noon. Tickets for
the luncheon are $65 per person or $650
for a table of ten. For more information
or for reservations contact Events Coor-
dinator Tamra Drees at 312/554-2057 or
,
92nd Annual Bar Show
The 92nd Annual Bar Show, titled A
Christmas Quarrel: A Tale of Two Parties
will open at DePaul’s Merle ReskinTheater
on Wednesday, December 2 and will close
with a matinee performance on Sunday,
December 6. The bar show is a holiday
tradition and a great way to entertain your
family, friends, and clients. Lawyers and
judges–aspiring actors–shamelessly parody
in song and dance global, national, and
local personalities in the news. The cleverly
written lyrics, harmoniously performed in
a variety of skits by very talented members
of the bar, lampoon international, national,
and local personalities, many of whom are
politicos. This year provides a ripe harvest
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